By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  August 22nd at 06:15 AM  | 

To read more details from our extensive poll of likely 2012 voters in Overland Park, KS, go to StateandLocalEducation.org.  Below is a portion. ——————————– Part 3 of results Telephone survey among likely 2012 voters in Overland Park, KS.  Conducted Tuesday, August 9, and Wednesday, August 10, by the State and Local Educational Foundation of Kansas.  Margin of error +/- 5.4%.  Party breakdown:  51% Republican, 29% Unaffiliated, 20% and | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  August 20th at 08:50 PM  | 

Note: For readability — the columns are better lined-up vertically at our original article at our site. I’ll break down these results for you over the next few days.  But here are the detailed results of a recent poll conducted in Overland Park, Kansas, a large suburb of Kansas City, MO.   Part 3 of results Telephone survey among likely 2012 voters in Overland Park, | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  August 17th at 01:29 AM  | 

My Email to voters today in Johnson County, Kansas. Benjamin B. Hodge – Chair, State & Local Reform Educational Group of Kansas – State Representative (Overland Park and Olathe), 2007-’08 – Johnson County Community College Trustee, 2005-’09 Wednesday, August 17, 2011 Poll: 59% of Overland Park Voters Think City Tax Increases Will Hurt the Local Economy MORE POLLING INFORMATION RELEASED ABOUT THE CONSERVATIVE VIEWS OF | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  August 15th at 06:09 PM  | 

Read my recent Email as a Web page, here. The vote is expected tonight at Overland Park City Hall.  It impacts everyone in Kansas City. Benjamin B. Hodge – Chair, State & Local Reform Educational Group of Kansas – State Representative (Overland Park and Olathe), 2007-’08 – Johnson County Community College Trustee, 2005-’09 Monday, August 15, 2011 TONIGHT, OVERLAND PARK LIKELY TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAXES | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  August 14th at 03:13 PM  | 

The Overland Park, KS,  City Council has already voted once to tentatively approve a 46% property tax increase.  The vote was unanimous.  To read more information about this likely tax increase, you can visit my columns at KCMonitor.com here, here, and here. Poll performed by the State and Local Reform Educational Foundation of Kansas.  Join us at LibertyLinked, a pro-liberty social networking site. [Note: Visually, | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  August 9th at 03:35 AM  | 

Recent Email from Gun Owners of America: Well, the hot debate which dominated the nation for several weeks has finally simmered down.  The debt ceiling deal is now law, and both sides of the political aisle are arguing over who won and who lost. But one thing you won’t hear about — in fact, we may not fully know the answer for several months — | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  August 3rd at 07:06 AM  | 

In the words of Mark Steyn, about “the historic bipartisan resolution of the debt crisis in Washington”:  “Suddenly it all makes sense.” According to Wikipedia, Vancouver proper has about the same population as Johnson County, KS, and the metropolitan population is similar to Greater Kansas City, MO. The headline in The Vancouver Sun:  ”Vancouver Coastal Health to hand out $50,000 worth of crack pipes.” A kit with a | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  August 1st at 02:46 PM  | 

Connect on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend Benjamin B. Hodge – Chair, State & Local Reform Group of Kansas – State Representative (Overland Park and Olathe), 2007-’08 – Johnson County Community College Trustee, 2005-’09 – Chair, Special Committee on Eminent Domain and Property Rights, County Government, 2006 – Kansas Republican Party Delegate, 2009-’10 Monday, August 1, 2011 Tonight: Your one and only public | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  July 23rd at 01:32 AM  | 

Concerned Women for America of Kansas ALERT Statement on Senate Cut, Cap and Balance bill Today, on a party-line vote, Senator Harry Reid and his Democrat cronies jumped ship on a plan that would have increased the debt ceiling and put our country on a path to economic sustainability. This despite a CNN poll this week that shows 66 percent of Americans want to see Washington | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  July 16th at 11:47 PM  | 

Overland Park Mayor Carl Gerlach served as a key Brownback for Governor campaign member. No comment from Gov. Brownback, from the state Republican Party, or from the Johnson County Republican party, on the 46% property tax increase in the second largest city in Kansas. The following article appears in the Kansas City Monitor. There They Go Again: Overland Park Jams 50% Tax Through August 1 public hearing scheduled, | Read More »